Public School Board to Maintain Open Meetings Policy
Milon L. Brown, president of the Corry school board, stated all board meetings will be open to the public and press. He denied plans to hold restricted committee of the whole sessions and urged transparency and cooperation with civic groups to provide the city with the best possible education within available funds.
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Board of Education
Milon L. Brown
Journal
Brown
Corry
Munitions Probers Attack New Program
United Press report from Washington says Senate investigators and munitions traffic chairmen Nye and Vandenberg harshly critique Roosevelt’s plan to tax profits from war. They call the proposal “unfortunate” and warn Congress will write its own ticket in this clash over inquiry autonomy.
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United Press
Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
White House
Gerald P. Nye
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Mich
Arms Committee
Vandenberg
Congress
Two Parties to Name Leaders in Legislature
In Harrisburg on December 12 observers note that Pennsylvania plans for the new biennial session on New Year’s Day will break precedent as Democrats take the House and Republicans the Senate. Key questions are who will be the Democratic Speaker of the House and who will be the Republican president pro tempore of the Senate. Party caucuses will decide before January 15 and well before New Year’s Eve.
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House
Senate
United Press
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Red Cross Roll Call Nears 1934 Goal in Corry
373 memberships reported by Mrs. J J Haight as the 1934 Red Cross Roll Call proceeds with more gifts expected. The chapter has $510 45 raised, compared with 395 memberships and 545 in 1938. Funds support local relief and align with federal and state programs.
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Red Cross
J.J. Haight
Mra. Haight
Corry
Fire ruin at Hotel Kerns leaves up to 50 dead
Lansing officials say 15 bodies recovered so far with 40 to 50 total deaths possible. Hotel housed about 18 guests and employees when the blaze started. 169 survived, 29 hurt. Police expect a final death toll near 40 to 50 as search continues.
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Lansing
Roosevelt
Claude J. Markle
United Press
Mich
Kerns
Ditch Collapse Kills Father of 12 at Glen Campbell High
Bert Dunlap 40 and Luther Bair 4, both Rossiter residents, were buried when a ditch caved in during an RWD project at Glen Campbell High School. Dunlap died at Indiana hospital after suffering fractures of both legs and the pelvis. Bair suffered compound fractures of the left leg. The incident left Dunlap with a widow and 12 children.
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Unitet Press
Glen Campbell
Glen Campbell High School
Bert Dunlap
Rossiter
Indiana Hospital
Dunlap
Luther Bait
Bair
Vaccine for Child Scourge Success
Philadelphia December reports Dr John A Kolmer of Temple University announced a successful vaccination of 25 children against poliomyelitis at a Temple University Hospital medical staff meeting.
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Philadelphia
John A. Kolmer
Temple University
Kolmer
Temple University Hopital
Meteor Rocks Nebraska with Fireball Over Alvo
A ball of fire as big as a house crossed southeastern Nebraska early today, bursting with a terrific explosion that shook buildings from Alvo to Lincoln. W R Holmes of Rock Island reported seeing the meteor travel southeastward low to the ground and light up the countryside.
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United Press
Alvo
Neb
Nebraska
Lincoln
W. R. Holmes
Rock Island
Hee
Holmes
State Grange backs progressive farmer for PA agriculture head
The Pennsylvania State Grange at its 62nd annual convention in Hershey favors appointing a progressive and practical farmer to head the Department of Agriculture. Delegates passed a resolution urging the incoming governor to select a leader friendly to rural cooperation and easy for farmers to approach. Grange officers for two-year terms will be nominated today as plans include inviting Governor-elect George H. Earle to speak.
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State Grange
Department of Agriculture
Unite Press Hershey
Pennsylvania State Grange
Commonwealth
Stats Grange
A. Boak
New Castle
George H. Earle
November milk price boost for dairymen announced
Dairymen or verry ann ylejury will receive an increase of twenty cents per hundred for their milk for November over the October price. The November price is 31.60, including seven cent certificates of indebtedness and ten cent plant volume premium. The price is twelve cents above November 1933 and twenty cents over October this year.
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Verry Ann Ylejury
Dairymen’s League Co-operative Association
Whch
Famous specialist kills wife in his NY home
Dr Hor ton Stith aged 62 a nationally known throat specialist and his wife dined together then retired to his study where he killed her and himself in a reported personal crisis case in New York on December 12 a tragic domestic murder suicide noted by United press.
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United Res
New York
Horton Stith
Midwest Still Gripped by Sub Zero Cold Spell
Frigid weather grips the Midwest with a thaw promised tonight and Thursday. Storms delayed transatlantic ships, while New York and New England endure the coldest December since 1876. Boston reports four below. Mount Washington minus fifteen. New York City opens shelters with coffee and doughnuts for the needy.
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Midwest
Penn'a
Chicago
United States
Everglades
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountains
North Atlantic
Jean Jadot Stond
Usworth
Hudson's Bay
New York
New England
Boston
Mount Washington
New York City
Hameless
Fiorello la Guardia
Naval parley near collapse and high hopes for end of low mood
London reports Britain and the United States and Japan will adjourn talks without any agreement and before Japan denounces the Washington naval treaty. In Chicago Charles G. Dawes forecast a June end to the current low mood, predicting a year of full business prosperity following the crash’s anniversary.
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Unitea Press
London
Japan
Dawes
Chicago
Charles G. Dawes
Orul
Oil Tank Blast Kills Pumper In Rixford
A 23 year old oil pumper Robert Sherman was blown from a 1410 gallon oil tank at the McKalip Shuman and Love lease in Rixford Pennsylvania. The blast blamed on a frozen oil line fractured his skull broke a leg and multiple ribs. Fellow worker Jack Shuman suffered minor burns.
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United Press
Eradporl
Rixford
Robert Sherman
McKalip, Shuman and Love
Sherman
Jack Shuman
Tax Levy and Budget Items Await Final City Council Approval
Final approval of ordinances sets the tax levy at 1432 mills and outlines municipal appropriations for 1935. City Council plans final votes Monday night after December readings. Opponent S H Nichols protests lack of specific rs rist work funding for 1935 and may renew objections. Revenue from the extra mill funds the emergency and relief-related deficits.
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S. H. Nichols
Orly
Ordinganges
Waie
Yiel Dental Fund
Retired Bradford Teacher Dies From House Fire
Laura Ji Brinton, age 0, a retired Bradford Bradford Area School teacher, died last night from burns suffered when her home burned yesterday. Three brothers survive: B. L. Brinton of Bradford, D. W. Brinton of Titusville, and B. Brinton of Los Angeles California. A pet watchdog perished in the basement of the home.
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Y United Wrens
Bradford
Laura Ji. Brinton
B. L. Brinton
D. W. Brinton
Titusville
B. Brinton
Los Angles
Cal
James
Cuba Acts to Thwart Threatened Revolt
Havana authorities suspend constitutional guarantees in Havana Santa Clara and Camaguey provinces amid reports of an imminent uprising. A midnight curfew is enforced in Oriente as police search for firearms and bombs while a plot against Col. Fulgencio Batista is reported to have been foiled.
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Cuba
Lawrence S. Haas
United Press
United Fresc
Havana
Carlos Mendieta
Santa Clara
Camaguey
Oriente
Camp Columbia
Fulgencio Batista
Star of the Army
Ocacazhual
Roosevelt to map war profits laws during conference
President Roosevelt called a December meeting with Cabinet officers and Gen Hugh Johnson to plan a legislative program aimed at stripping profits from war. He cited Nye Committee findings and stressed broad action beyond profits to address economic aspects and public concern.
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United Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Hugh & Johnson
Congress
Gerald Nye
Rn N. D
Bombings Blamed on Labor Agitators Hit Multiple Theaters
Police say time bombs placed by labor agitators exploded in Boston at the Tremont and Majestic theatres and in Lynn and Pawtucket Capitol theatres. Two women were injured in the Majestic. Debris caused extensive damage. several bystanders were knocked down. Theater owners and projection men faced demands from an individual manager.
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United Press
Boston
Placig
Massil- Jehusetts
Rhode Island
Tremont
Majestid
Lynn
Capital Theatre
Pawtucket
Majestic
Tremenkins Jatve
Charles Harris
Piwo Pear
Annie Ashutl
Alice Gallagher
Roosevelt Directs MacArthur Retained In Post
President Roosevelt directs War Chief of State Douglas MacArthur be retained in his post until a successor is named. The motion ensures MacArthur remains to handle war department legislation and related duties during the interim.
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McArthur
Arena Dees
Byumnones
Washington
Roosevelt
van Dern
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
War Department
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